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The person is homozygous for the trait
Tierra Keeling
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∙ 7y agoIt is an inherited (genetic) disease. You would need to inherit the gene for sickle cell from both parents in order for you to develop sickle cell. If you inherit the gene from ONE parent, one of your children could inherit that, but you would not develop sickle cell yourself.
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∙ 7y agoSickle Cell is genetic, so your parents would have had to pass the sickle cell trait to you.
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What groups get sickle cell disease?
A person can only inherit sickle-cell genes if some of their ancestors came from certain regions in Africa where the inhabitants carry sickle-cell genes. A person with one sickle-cell gene has sickle-cell trait, a milder problem. If both father and mother pass on sickle-cell genes, the child, with two genes, will have sickle-cell disease.
What is require for a person to have sickle-cell disease?
The person is homozygous for the trait
Is you kiss do you get sickle cell disease?
No. Sickle Cell is not an infectious disease, but is genetic.
Is sickle cell disease a blood cancer?
No, sickle cell disease is not cancerous.
How does a person with one sickle cell different than two Sickle cell?
A person with one sickle cell is a "carrier". This means that they have the dormant cell in their genetic composition, and if combined with another with the "carrier" gene, they run the high risk on concieving a child with the blood disease-one who has two sickle cells. A person with two sickle cells, has the sickle cell disease and are carriers(The gene is not dormant but active). Hope this simplifies and explains it for you.
How does sickle-cell trait differ from sickle-cell disease?
in sickle cell trait you don't actually have the disease. you are only able to pass the disease to your kids if you marry a person with sickle cell or that also has the trait. sickle cell disease is when you actually have the disease. you can pass it to your kids if you marry someone with the trait or the disease. if you marry someone without a trait or disease then your kids will most likely have the trait.
Can a person who has been successfully treated for sickle cell disease still transmit the disease-causing allele to offspring?
Sickle-cell anemia can only be transmitted if both partners have the disease.
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
What is it called when a person has two recessive alleles for sickle cell trait?
they get the disease
Is there any famous person with sickle-cell disease?
prodigy of mobb deep
Can a person with Sickle Cell Disease pass it to their offspring?
Yes, it is an inherited disorder.
How can sickle-cell disease be treated?
Stem cell or bone marrow transplants are the only cure for sickle cell disease
